Track bracket and stop



TRACK BRACKET AND STOP Filed Jan. 2, 1932 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 QKMMM NOVQ27, 1934. w s R 1,982,275

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Nov. 27, 1934.

A WASBERG TRACK BRACKET AND STOP Filed Jan. 2, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 59x51. Was/552$ Patented Nov. 27, 1934 I UNITED} STATES PATENT o ic E f1,982,275 I TRACK BRACKET AND s'ror Axel Wasberg, Chicago, Ill.,assignor to Camel Company, Chicago, 111.", a corporation of, IllinoisApplication January 2, 1932, Serial No. 584,339

13 Claims. (01. zit-22 This invention relates to a door stop for houseFigure 2 is an enlarged broken sectional view cars and concerns itselfwith means for main: taken upon the, line IIII of Figure 1 lookingtaining said stop a constant distance from the in. the direction of thearrow.

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construction of the The supporting track In connection with thisinvention, there is for the door customarily is attached to bracketsShown a car door 1 which may be of any extending from the Side A certainamount sired construction. This door 1 carries a jamb 2 of clearancebetween the movable jamb and the at its forward edge and this jamb isprovided 20. stop therefor is always necessary and this clearwith a weportion 3 which is adapted to be ance ftequently destroyed i i Swellingrested by the forward wall 4 of a stop member g ii fi ggf g5 g i gsgiggifig fi g s g generally denoted by the reference numeral 5.

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55 tiOIl- The stop bracket5 may alsobe provided with a stop rib 15 forarresting the cooperating door 16 in the event that two doors are used.

Due to the particular construction of the stop member 5, it is desirableto mount the car door 1 upon a separate track section which may beremoved together with the bracket 5 when it is desired to remove thedoor 1 for repairs. For this purpose, the supporting track 12 for thedoor may be made in two sections with the line of division at themeeting edges of the door as shown in Figure 4. This will render itpossible to remove the track section that supports the door 1 when it isdesired to remove said door for repairs.

It will be appreciated that, according to this invention, a constantclearance will be maintained between the lower stop member 5 and thelower end of the post or jamb 2 for proper funce tioning of the parts.It will be readily apparent that the door supporting track and the sidesill and the stop member for the door occupy a fixed relation that willnot be disturbed by any variations arising from the weather or from themate-v rials or construction or from the construction 0 the parts.

I am aware that many changes may be made and numerous detailso'fconstruction may be varied through a wide range without departingfrom the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purposelimiting the patent granted hereon otherwise than necessitated by theprior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a house car having a track, a door mounted upon said track, abracket secured to said track and having a stop lug located inside ofthe plane of the door, and a post on said door adapted for engaging saidstep lug.

2. In a house car having a track, a door mounted upon said track forelevating and lowering movements, a post upon the front end of saiddoor, a stop member secured to said track and having an abutment in thepath of said door, and a socket adjacent said abutment adapted forreceiving the lower end of said post when said door is lowered.

3. In a horse car having a side sill and a track, a bracket between saidside sill and track, means for attaching said bracket to said side silland track, a door mounted upon said track, a post upon said door, saidbracket having an upwardly extending portion inside of said trackforming a stop for said post.

4. In a house car having a track, a door mounted upon said track, a postupon said door,

a bracket secured to the inner side of said track and extending upwardlyinside of the plane of the door and forming a stop for said post, saidbracket having side walls between which the foot of the post is adaptedto pass.

5. In a house car, a track, a door supported upon said track, a postcarried by said door, a bracket secured to said track and extendingupwardly inside of the plane of the door and having a guideway forreceiving the lower end of said post and a stop lug at one end of saidguideway for arresting said post.

6. In a house car, a track, a door supported upon said track, a postcarried by said door, a bracket secured to said track and extendingupwardly inside the plane of the door and having a recess in the path ofsaid post for receiving and arresting said post.

7. In a house car having a side sill and a track, a bracket between saidside sill and track, means for attaching said bracket to said side silland track, a door mounted upon said track, a post upon said door, saidbracket having an upwardly extending portion located between the planesof said sill and track and extending into the path of said post for thepurpose set forth.

8. In a house car having a side sill and track, a bracket between saidside sill and track and secured to said side sill and attached to saidarresting the same in closed position, one of said stops extendingupwardly inside the plane of said doors.

9. In a house car having a side sill, a track,

means for supporting said track upon said side sill including a bracketbetween said side sill and track and attached to said side sill andtrack and extending upwardly, a pair of cooperating doors mounted uponsaid track, one of said doors having a post and said bracket having stoplugs for engagement by said post and the cooperating door.

10. In a house car having a side sill, a track supporting bracketsecured to said side sill, a track secured to the outer margin of saidbracket, said bracket having an upwardly extending stop lug, and a doormounted upon said track and having a post adapted for engaging said stoplug, said lug being located inside of the plane of the door.

11. In a house car having a side sill, a combined track supportingbracket and stop secured to said side sill, a track secured to saidbracket, a door mounted uponsaid track and having means for engaging thestop on said bracket, said stop extending upwardly between said sill andtrack.

12. In a house car having a side sill and track in spaced relation, abracket therebetween, means for attaching said bracket to said sill andtrack, a pair of cooperating doors mounted upon said track, one of saiddoors carrying a post, said bracket having 9. lug forming a stop for onedoor and a'lug at a higher elevation for engagement by the post of theother door.

13. In a house car having a side sill and a track in spaced relation, abracket therebetween and secured to each, a pair of cooperating doorsmounted upon said track, said bracket having stop lugs at differentelevations for arresting said doors in their closed positions.

AXEL WASBERG.

